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I appreciate the reverse-ordering for the article. There was no way I would make it to D level if it was at the end of the page lol.

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haha yeah I had to start with some rants first

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I feel this list.

I use Claude and ChatGPT daily and I have my own list in a spreadsheet that I keep an eye on because things are changing rapidly. I am going to try a few more now based on your reviews - in particular, IO 💛🙌

Finally, I am part of a pretty large engineering and product group, and we are discussing these solutions constantly and reviewing. I am working on my own product based on AI on the side as well as writing books and music videos and content trying these solutions daily. It’s a lot of fun!

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Dump and avoid all AI shit.

It’s not vital to creative individuals and the process they depend on with their imagination.

Plus it’s comprised of stolen copyrighted data. A scourge.

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SAVAGE!

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You are obviously one of the naturally talented crew. For those of us who are creative and imaginative but not naturally blessed with artistic talent, AI allows us to create the things we imagine.

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Cursor belong sin S tier

perplexity belongs in A tier

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It is crazy how much can get accomplished with so many great AI tool offers. This list saved me hours of research.

Thank you for the share, Peter!

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But what about Deepseek?

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As someone who often has to read a lot of scientific articles to get a grasp of the current state of the art, I find notebook LM extremely useful. Not so much for the podcast, but for its ability to give me a holistic summary of several articles and provide me with answers based on the articles content. I look forward to what they’ll do next with this tool!

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That covers some great AI tools Peter. 👏

They're all front runners among other competitors when compared like for like. I find that once a feature is released, it's available for the other's in the field.

I take my hat off to Perplexity, they're innovative. I think they're feature rich & miles from the next competitor in the space.

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I normally do not like/recommend M$ products, but Co Pilot is borderline high B… A tier. 😅

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Sounds like a big oversight, because you didn't mention it at all. Google Gemini comes with the ability that you can link to other Google services, for instance @GoogleTasks, Keep Calendar and more while chatting away. That alone makes it S-Tier for me.

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Yea but there should be more to making an app S tier than just syncing services and basic chatbot replies. Gemini has some heavy limitations. It’s a nice chatbot, no doubt, but needs some work.

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Any learnings on the data privacy potential issues?

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This is pretty similar to what I think - the S tier ones are gentility apps I use regularly!

Only exception is Apple Intelligence, I know I'm in the minority, but I actually like and use it. It's got its flaws, but it also does some things quite well.

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Siri should be F

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What's extra lame is that Google increased all the business Gsuite prices with the excuse of getting access to the Gemini features - which are awful! They know it's hard for businesses to migrate to competitors; I find this a sneaky way to gouge us customers.

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🛷🛷

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It is insanity to keep track of so many tools for little incrementality. Soon either OpenAI, Gemini or Co-pilot will consolidate consumer facing AI.

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